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Media and Humanitarianism
ONE-MINUTE POLL: Celebrity do-gooders in 2008
15 Dec 2008
Source: AlertNet
It's been another year of activity for famous do-gooders. Love them or loathe them, celebrity humanitarians have helped train media attention on crises around the world. Some celebrities are ... 

Best of Aid Agency Photos 2008
09 Dec 2008
Source: AlertNet
AlertNet's 400 member organisations - aid agencies operational in emergency relief - regularly post photos on the site. These images show the lives of people caught up in crises around the globe. Here ... 

Mogadishu photo story
08 Dec 2008
Source: Oxfam Novib
Oxfam International recently visited Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and came back with these photos showing what life is like for people there. Working with a network of local partners, Oxfam is ... 

"Cursed" Congo still shocks and fascinates
21 Nov 2008 13:22:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
By Daniel Magnowski DAKAR, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Reports of massacres, rapes, looting and child soldiers have put Democratic Republic of Congo back on the world news agenda this month as Tutsi ... 

Hands Up for Health Workers
19 Nov 2008
Source: Merlin - UK
20th November 2008 marks the launch of Hands Up for Health Workers – a campaign to help address the global shortage of health workers. The campaign, by medical aid agency Merlin, demonstrates how the health worker crisis leads to the needless loss of millions lives each year. Hands up for Health Workers initially focuses on the Central African Republic – a forgotten country in the middle of Africa. 





REPORT: Aid agency blogging
31 Jul 2008
Source: AlertNet




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